The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-24
sNTEREsTKNG LETTER FROM
JUDGE HILTON.
FROM
Moonlight and Mischief Seaside
Chit-chat Surf-bathing. etc.

Chit-chat ~ Surf-bathing, etc.
Marblehead Neck. Mass, Aug 16, 1887.
FRIEND A. c.
There is nothing cooler than the sea-shore,
unless il is the manner OF the fellow who,
after he gets there, writes home to pity the
folks who can't come; SO | will only say that
| am here safely IN this quaint old town of
Marblehead, famous for its crooked streets,
odor of fish, and pretty, bewitching girls,
descendants, presume, of those sturdy Am
aZons who, ON that memorable occasion long
ago, collared Floyd lreson and "for his hard
heart, him tarred, ieathered and rode III a
cart How ireson could have ever had the
heart, even to complain at his heroic treat
ment, were the mothers and grandmothers
like these lovely creatures of to-day, am at
a loss TO understand; although, as | have be-
tore heard. they do everlastingly giggle and
chew gum. But / shall never mind that
when singing the praises OF Marblehead girls.
Marblehead has been unusually lively for
the last fortnight, as the yachts Volunteer,
Puritan, Naytlower and nearly fifty others
have been here and started In their prelimi-
nary race from TINS harbor, to decide which
one should compete with the English yacht
Thistle. Hundreds went away this week,
still there Is large number of people from
all parts yet remaining and, indeed, the sea
son seems to be just at its heights while this
is not, perhaps, IS fashionable a resort as
some others ON the coast, yet it offers, at IA
moderate cost, excellent advantages for fish
ing. bathing and all other attendant Injuries.
One hears an endless amount of funny
chatter evenings along the walks by the
beach, when everybody comes ont for u
promenade. Here is a sample;
2 IaI ont
over to town this aft. to get some incidence
"a Y. l.-"Yes, | got some gum drops
some marshmallow paste and two sheets Of
fly paper for ma.
LIST y. l." Dear me, you must have good
deal of sickness at your house,
I'd y. l." Yes, indeed-it's perfectly terri
BILE -
This was almost as amusing as one l over
heard between two gentlemen on the cars, at
the Falls, OH my way here.
One said, Yes, am going down III Maine
for a two weeks trip
"Soy" said his companion, Are you going
for pleasure, or are yoa going 10 TAKE yoar
lctt -
And as | sit and watch these idlers drifting
by, and listen contentedly to the gentle splash
OF the tide, and see the lovely moonlight
draw couple after couple away by themselves
along the beach, or into the rustic summer
houses. where no wicked, mischievous breeze
can steal and bear away the fragments of
murmured sweetness, / wonder if any of
these young people will ever mate. Not
many, / Will wager! The watering place
Irritation carries little or no responsibility
with it, and next winter he will simply be,
"Oh. one of the fellows | met last summer
at the beach and she. lone of the girls
had good time with at the Neck" Rest
assured they all understand this.
wonder how they get acquainted and get
SO famously and quickly into each others
good graces. Yonder are two young ladies,
both chewing gum and dressed in some light,
fluffy, iHWdteriaL sort of dresses, while here
| comes couple of gay looking college boys,
wearing their colors on their hats. In slang
parlance, "mash' is evidently intended,
and | will watch you, my children. The
girls are humming some song together every
now and then taking new hitch in the gum.
! As the young men draw near, one says some
thing s0tt0 t0cc Although / don't hear it,
yet | know what it was, my boys. 1t was
this IN substance" You take the one with
her hat on, and ] will freeze to the other.
! See:"
The young ladies never look up, but sing
/
manipulate their gum. Although seemingly
unconscious that there is a fellow within ten
miles, yet don't they know it? "Betcher -
" All good eve, ladies' says one, and at the
same time both hats are lifted very grace
fully. Good evening" is the response from
both, in a very demure yet don't 90 away.
please" sort of voice. After this there is
silence for little the youths tapping meas
ure with their canes on the sand, 10 the sing
ing and gum chewing, until-ah, there
| right before my bewiidered eyes, beside each
one of the fair ones, these two young rascals
sit
Do the young ladies scream and, startled,
run home to their cottages or the hotel. to
! tell II to indignant mammas? Well. not this
evening" mother time perhaps, when
tue walking viii be better that way. At
present, 1t Is pretty good mp the beach, and
watch them dawdie along and into an unten-
anted summer-house, where, III all probable
! ity. eyes will look love TO eyes. and meaning
less VOWS will be exchanged-the same dulcet
tatiy told last night TO some other girl, for
what can be cheaper than talk, on an occa
sion like this? Tomorrow night shall pro-
badly see them all drinking lemonade on the
piazza of tho hotel, bRt | will keep mum
! about the way of their introduction, if do.
When the tide is out, everybody gathers at
the beach to enjoy the elegant tonic and ex-
element of surf bathing l went in last
evening with the crowd-but shades of NOAH
are these the same people l saw at the hotel
dancing the other evening? Is that young
! lady with stockings that seem TO encase a
pair of animated laths-is she the fair crea-
ture that i thought waltzed SO divinely?
And away down the line, egad! as live, there
is the fat old fellow that selected his partner
not for beauty but for weight, and with her
went cayorting over the floor as gracefully
as two camels.
Apropos 1t IS whispered here-and / tell
! IL TO you con1dentialy, understandable
many of the charming young ladies' that 20
! in bathing wear five and six pairs of stock
| ing5 TO give their limbs a plump and attract
! i've appearance. Ia order 10 preserve the
smalluess of the foot. however the feet of all
the stockings save the pair outside, are cut
OF. Imagne a beautiful girl sitting in her
bath house peeling of, one after the other.
six or eight pairs Of sea-soaked stockings
Hose-anna. what a picture for Gods and
men
But now the bath-man scans the line TO
see that all are holding fast to the rope and
TINT r,pnp AFRO trayZip- dpvZlpd - and yyo all